Rick Broida

Reader Stephanie wrote to tell us about Points.com, a site that tracks your airline miles and other reward-program points.

Not only that, you can also swap points between different programs, give them as gifts, share them with friends and family members, and redeem them for gift cards. So, for instance, if you've racked up some airline miles but have nowhere near enough for a free ticket, you can exchange the miles for something useful, like a big ol' Home Depot gift card. Or, as Stephanie points out:

With airlines changing their policies on point expiration, a service like this might be the thing to save accumulated miles/points by swapping to a program with no expiration.

To me this is like found money. Now I just need to root through my files to see what old points programs I can use. Thanks, Stephanie!— Rick Broida